Inspirational Monday Morning

Rainy days don’t get me down. But Mondays do. And here we are again. Does it sometimes seem like we’re pressing teh reset button for the exact same week? At least it wasn’t the exact same day for 10 years, like for poor Bill Murray in Groundhog’s Day.

But this is supposed to be inspirational time. So let’s get inspired!

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SMART IN THIS LIFE: BOOK SMART AND STREET SMART

No, I’m not serious. As far as I know there won’t be a Book 8. But what if there was? What tidbits of information would you like to know? What if I told you there were tidbits JK Rowling revealed about the world of Harry Potter post Book 7. Would you cry uncontrollably for days because this is the greatest thing that has possibly ever happened to you?

For some reason over the weekend I was thinking of Ralph Wiggum. Maybe it’s just because I’ve been editing so much lately, I need a good hearty laugh. I put Ralph to you, also, as one of those really well written side characters. They seem to stay true to Ralph and a lot of the best Simpsons lines come from him. How well do you know your side characters? Are you staying true to them, whether they’re comic relief or otherwise?

TWENTY AT TWENTY

And finally, the 20 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me At 20. Some good advice. But I wonder, would my 20-year-old self have listened to this advice back then? I’d like to think I’d have listened to most of it. If you’d told me at 18, that might have been a different story. But 20, I feel like I’d had 2 years away from home to realize how incredibly smart Mom and Dad were.

What do you think? Is that advice still applicable today? Does Ralph Wiggum annoy you or encourage you to write characters true to their nature? Did you cry a little when you read the Harry Potter post? And how many of those life hacks are you totally going to try now?

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7 thoughts on “Inspirational Monday Morning”

Ralph is great. One of the funniest characters on the show and I think part of it is because he isn’t overused. Not really sure about the Harry Potter stuff. It’s nice to hear that things happen after a series ends because it brings closure. People get connected to the characters, so it’s tough to accept that nothing happened after the final page.

I saw the words “Harry Potter Book 8” and almost fainted…thanks a lot! 😉 Very cute link, though. And some of those life hacks are pretty amazing. I’m definitely going to have to try that whole brownie in a cup thing…